St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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HISTORY Mr J D K sela SJ. I Mr. J. R. Sweeney, S.J. French II, III, IV The Prep Moderafor Mr. R. J. Barfolozzi Spanish Ill, IV Popular Lafin feacher Mr. Frank J. Raispis shows fhe ioy of his feacherfs hearl' af fhe news of Senior Merfy Doherfy's Firsf Place in fhe Inferscholasfic Lafin Con- fesf. There are few subjecfs as universally liked by sfudenfs as hisfory. The reason is simple: hisfory lends ifself fo undersfanding on a number of levels. Af ifs ele- menfary funcfion, as a fale, no ofher liferafure can mafch fhe enduring inferesf and freshness of hisI'ory's accounf of fhe rise and fall of nafions. inferspersed wifh re- vealing anecdofes of famous people. The hisfory courses we are faughf af Sf. lgnafius, fhough only a beginning in fhis vasf subiecf. do show us how The Church has been an undeniable influence for good on fhe fhoughl' of mankind. Afheisfs fhrash abouf and hoarsely insisf fhaf a viewpoinf bafhed in fhe Iighl of Faifh only 'rwisfs fhe facfs. Thoughf and ex- perience affirm fhaf such a viewpoinf rafher unfangles fhem. Mr' R' L' Connelly MT- C- D- Carrol' Mr. L. J. Schnierer, S.J. Hisfory ly Lafin I Higfory I, III Hisforyl Speech IV: Head Swimming Coach Speech IV Chicagoans Club Moderne, Freshman Foofball Coach . . . y , . I-Iisfory llg Speech ll Visual Aids Direcfor Melody Knighfs Ivloderafor Track 81 Cross Counfry Assf. Coach

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Fr. I. H. Whifehead, S.J. Mr. J. W. Glaser, S.J. Mr. A. F. Kirk, S.J. LaTin I LaTin I, II LaTin I1 Hisfory ll Senior Soclalify MocIeraTor BooksTore AssT, DirecTor Wolves Weekly ModeraTor Fr. J. H. McCummiskey, S.J. l.aTin II: MoThers' Club MocIeraTor, Public Re,IaTions DirecTor7 Alumni AssT. ModeraTor In a Time when many sysTems and TradiTions are losing Their idenTiTy, The LANGUAGES classics division OT educaTion aT ST. IgnaTius is sTiII wiTh us. IT is noT a sTaTic division, sTiTIed by a classical aTmosphere oT emoTionIess discussion and sTiITed phraseology, and clung To unreasonably by aging educaTors. Those who were aTTracTed To choose LaTin or Greek as eIecTives by conTacT wiTh Caesar's Gallic sWars as sophomores realize This is noT The case. Classical IiTeraTure and The web of hisTory and myThoIogy ThaT is iTs background can be dynamic and is made so by The inTeresT of sTudenT 'and Teacher. The classics graduaTe has read, in Cicero's own periodic prose, oT his TuTiIe aTTempT To save Rome as a republic by quashing CaTiIine's revoIT. VirgiI's pulsing hexameTer has Told him of Aeneas's escape from burning Troy and oT his desTiny To Tound The unTorgeTTabIe ciTy of Rome. From anoTher poinl of view, Homer recounTs To The IgnaTius classics scholar a Greek's odyssey from Troy wiTh an imaginaTion ThaT rivals ThaT oT Lewis Carroll. IT is Through such maTeriaI ThaT lgnaTians are inTroduced To The greaT wriTers ol anTiquiTy. BUT ST. lgnaTius's TacuITy has noT been Toiling Tor generaTions in blissful assurance ThaT all lgnaTians love and undersTand The classics. There are many oT us who obTain more saTisTacTion from one oT The vernaculars, wiTh Their less formidable grammar and Ii+era+ure. For many years, French and Spanish 'Filled This need. Rece-nTIy, Russian's guTTeraI Tones invaded The domain of These sunshine languages, TurTher Mr. F. J. Raispis LaTin III. IV Freshman SocIaIiTy lvIoderaTor Harlequins Assl. ModeraTor Mr. M. J. Moore, S.J. Greek II, III, IV DebaTing DirecTor diIuTing ST. lgnaTius's aTmosphere wiTh iTs breaTh of black bread and Tundra. Fr. M. F. Meyers, S.J. MF- J- R- Weil. S--I- LaTin I: Russian III I-GIIH II. III Religion I: Speech I, IV Head Cross CounTry Coach AThIeTic Asst ModeraTor AssT. Track Coach Senior DebaTing ModeraTor

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Fr. W. J. Shanley, S.J. English I Alumni ModeraTor Fr. R. F. Burnham, S.J. English lV Honor SocieTy ModeraTor STudenT Council ModeraTor Mr. D. D. Dunningan. S.J. Mr. P. J. Henry, S.J. Fr. C. J. Cagney, S.J English lll: HisTory l English lV: LaTin lll English ll, lll BoolrsTore DirecTor Junior DebaTing ModeraTor Religion ll Business DirecTor Head Golf Coach AThleTic MocleraTor Bowling lv1oderaTor ENGLISH The Tour years oT English aT ST. lgnaTius are aimed To give The sTudenT conTrol over his language. The inTegraTed Wri+ing series is perhaps unique in iTs simple, eTTecTive approach To improving criTical and creaTive wriTing. Each year also uses a liTeraTure TexTboolc, which sTresses hisfarical and sociolog- ical developmenT, wiTh discussions oT represenTaTive worlcs Trom every period of BriTish and American liTeraTure. To supplemenr This, There was inTroduced Three years ago a poclceTboolc program. From an experimenT, iT has become, aTTer Two overwhelmingly Tavorable sTudenT polls, an insTiTuTion. WiTh Their handy TormaTs and inexhausTible varieTy, poclceT boolcs more Than anyThing else have made The wriTTen word popular wiTh lgnaTians. BuT iT is noT enough To loe proTicienT only in wriTing one's language. SiTu- aTions will arise where The spolcen word is oT inTiniTely more value Than The wriTTen. ST. lgna'l'ius wanTs To gracluaTe leaders capable of Thinking on Their TeeT and Tulfilling such a need. To This end iT has made cumpulsory a Tour- year oral English course co-ordinaTed wiTh The WriTing series. This is noT iusT 'a TexTboolc course in The Theory of speech habiTs. Every lgnaTian has many Times sTiTled buTTerTlies and emoTions before his suddenly awesome class- maTes To gain The experience which is The only door To verbal eTTecTiveness. Mr. C. E. Munaf Mr- E- J- MaHimoe. SJ- Mr. R. G. Polalrowslii, S.J. Mr. W. R. Men English Il l5fjQl'Sl1 l- Ill English l, ll English l: Speech l, lll Speech ll 5P'f'f Modeffilof Harlequins ModeraTor Remedial Reading PosTer Club ModeraTor